split EXSLT str split 1 Kipp Howard khoward@courtlink.com 2001-10-15 The str:split function splits a string at the occurrences of a pattern string. 1.1 Craig Stewart 2002-08-20 Added 4XSLT implementation to the list. The str:split function splits up a string and returns a node set of token elements, each containing one token from the string. The first argument is the string to be split. The second argument is a pattern string. The string given by the first argument is split at any occurrence of this pattern. For example: str:split('a, simple, list', ', ') Gives the node set consisting of: <token>a</token> <token>simple</token> <token>list</token> If the second argument is omitted, the default is the string '&#x20;' (i.e. a space). Thus: str:split('date math str') Gives the node set consisting of: <token>date</token> <token>math</token> <token>str</token> If the second argument is an empty string, the function returns a set of token elements, each of which holds a single character. Thus: str:split('foo', '') Gives the node set consisting of: <token>f</token> <token>o</token> <token>o</token> The template version of this function returns a result tree fragment consisting of a number of token elements. This implementation relies on the exsl:node-set() function.